CSULB Odyssey Course: University 300I
Arts at the Beach The Process: Creativity Reviled and Revealed
Culture, Creativity, and Ideas
Fall 2004
 
 

Study questions: Final Exam

 
Lecture (all four sections): Monday - 11:00-12:15 -- CBA-139A

Discussion:
Sec 01 (class number 7500): W 11:00-12:15 - CBA-125 (Viera)
Sec 02 (class number 7501): W 11:00-12:15 - CBA-216 (Van Camp)
Sec 03 (class number 11188): W 11:00-12:15 - CBA-122 (Reynolds)
Sec 04 (class number 11201): W 11:00-12:15 - HHS1-200 (Rings)

REVISED SCHEDULE
(due to a schedule conflict for one guest speaker, we are reversing the order of topics for November 22 and November 29):

Week XI. Monday, November 8: Rethinking Postmodernism: Guest Lecturer: Dr. Davinia Thornley

Readings:  two articles on e-reserve at the University Library as of 10/28:

Joli JENSEN, "Fandom as Pathology: The Consequences of Characterization" in The Adoring Audience: Fan Culture and Popular Media, ed. by Lisa A. Lewis (London: Routledge, 1992), p. 9-29

Henry JENKINS III, "Star Trek Rerun, Reread, Rewritten: Fan Writing as Textual Poaching" in Television: The Critical View, ed. by Horace Newcomb, 5th ed. (Oxford, UK: Oxford UP, 1994), p. 448-473.

To use e-reserve:
go to http://www.csulb.edu/library/
click "electronic resources"
in the upper-right drop-down menu, choose "course reserves"
find our course via instructor name/department (Van Camp/Philosophy) OR course number (UNIV 300I)
You will need our class password. If you have forgotten, please check with your group leader.

Week XII. Monday, November 15: Evaluating Contemporary Art

Readings: [see original reading list]

Week XIII. Monday, November 22: The Brave New World of Intellectual Property: Guest Lecturer:  Charles Leinbach

Readings:  A&M Records v. Napster Inc. (excerpts) (in Word format)
Napster study questions (in word format)

Week XIV. Monday, November 29: Originality All Over Again

Readings: [see original reading list]

If you have trouble accessing the Benjamin article, try doing a google.com search with the name of the article in quotes. On 11/11 it was available here:
(a) cache from the original URL
(b) http://www.student.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~cs492/01public_html/Benjamin.html

Wednesday, December 1: SKA musicians: meet in large lecture room CBA-139A: 11:00 am
FINAL EXAM: Monday, December 13: 10:15 am - 12:15 pm: CBA 139A
 
CORRECTION - Syllabus: The article for October 18 by Amy Mullin is in the Project Muse database, NOT JSTOR.


Faculty:
Dr. Julie Van Camp
Professor of Philosophy
Office: LIBE 148
Office hours: 3:30-6:30 W
Phone: 562-985-5854
e-mail: jvancamp@csulb.edu
Faculty:
Dr. Maria Viera
Professor of Theatre Arts
Office: TA 232
Office hours: 12:00-1:00 pm TR
Phone: 562-985-8368
e-mail: mviera@csulb.edu


Graduate Assistant:
Andrea Reynolds
e-mail: areynold@csulb.edu
Graduate Assistant:
Michael Rings
e-mail: michael.rings@earthlink.net

Last updated: December 3, 2004